iCanPlayMusic Keyboard Course. (Book/2 CDs/DVD Pack). For keyboard. Songbooks & Methods. Music Sales America. Book & CD & DVD Package. 112 pages. Amsco Publications #AM995214. Published by Amsco Publications (HL.14015904).
The best-selling Absolute Beginners: Keyboard Course is now available in an Omnibus edition, with both CDs + the DVD and a new full-color interior. The book features color photos and diagrams on every page – teaching the beginner everything from posture and hand position to reading music, playing notes and chords (in both hands,) and much more. Beginners will learn familiar songs such as “Skip to My Loy,” “Ode to Joy,” “Away in a Manger,” “Yankee Doodle,” and “Little Brown Jug,” with demonstration and backing tracks on the CDs for each song and most of the lessons. An appendix in the book includes a full-color chord dictionary (with photos and keyboard diagrams,) and more information on scales & intervals. Full-color photos of famous pianists such as Ray Charles, Elton John & Stevie Wonder help to inspire students to continue to learn!

eMedia Piano/Keyboard Method Vol. 1 (Version 3.0). Piano / Keyboard. Windows/Mac CD-ROM. Published by eMedia Music (EI.EK02101).
This new version of eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method offers everything you need to learn how to play! Piano instructor, Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you through over 300 step-by-step full-screen lessons. New Instant Feedback works with both electronic keyboards and acoustic pianos! It listens as you play melodies and shows whether you're playing correctly! The lessons start with the basics, such as hand position, rhythm, and playing on black keys, and move on to reading music notation, sight reading, scales, and much more. Techniques are demonstrated with over 70 videos viewable in full-screen mode. Learn songs and exercises from music notation as an animated keyboard guides you through fingerings. Songs and exercises are provided as both live-recorded audio and variable-speed MIDI tracks which let you slow the music down as needed. Colorful MIDI accompaniments help make practicing fun! You will learn over 100 popular classical, blues, pop, and rock songs, including hit songs from artists such as Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, and Elton John! Interactive review and ear training quizzes help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. When used with an electronic MIDI keyboard, you get Interactive Evaluation Feedback with detailed specifics on your playing, including which notes and rhythms were wrong and how to correct them. In addition, the new Note Tracker shows you what note you're playing and makes learning music notation easy. This latest version also offers fully scalable lesson screens and an option for full-screen video. Other accessories include a built-in digital metronome and a recorder. eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play piano or keyboard! Features: -- Instant Feedback -- shows you whether you're playing the correct notes on melodies. Works with both electronic keyboards and acoustic pianos! -- Interactive Evaluation Feedback -- when using a MIDI keyboard you get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes to help you get it right the next time. -- Progress Tracking -- personalized reports show your rate of progress, including scores for specific songs. The built-in recorder also helps you hear your progress. -- Animated Keyboard - displays correct fingerings as the music plays or for any note or chord that you double-click. -- Audio Tracks - features multi-track live recordings, colorful MIDI accompaniments and MIDI tracks that allow you to slow down or speed up the music. -- Full-screen lessons and videos. Also features over 100 songs including: "Piano Man" by Billy Joel "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John "Ode to Joy" by Ludwig van Beethoven "America the Beautiful" by Samuel Ward "La Bamba" made famous by Los Lobos "Minuet in G" by J.S. Bach "Tishomingo Blues" by Spencer Williams "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan Wall Street Journal: "We found the software well planned and effective -- progress was quick." PC Magazine: 4-stars American Music Teacher Magazine: "An impressive and thorough piano teaching program." Music News: "We tried out the method and within no time we were actually playing songs, something that we had no idea we would be able to do so quickly. It is simply amazing." System Requirements: Windows: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 CD-ROM Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.4 or later CD-ROM.

eMedia Keyboard USB MIDI Interface Kit. Piano / Keyboard. Windows/Mac CD-ROM. Published by eMedia Music (EI.EK05097).
Turn your PC or Mac into a music studio by connecting a music keyboard to your computer. This simple kit provides an easy to install USB MIDI interface with no additional drivers needed. It's plug and play. And as an added bonus, eMedia has provided award-winning piano keyboard lesson software to help you learn to play your keyboard. This interactive CD software installs quickly and provides a powerful and simple lesson curriculum, with quick results. It gives you interactive feedback on your keyboard playing, so you'll be entertaining your friends or creating music on your computer in no time. The eMedia Starter Piano and Keyboard Lessons CD-ROM offers everything you need to get started playing. Learn from over 50 step-by-step lessons with full-motion video demonstrations. Piano teacher Irma Justicia has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music. Learn from either the music notation or an animated keyboard. Songs include recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI and MIDI accompaniments. When used with a MIDI keyboard, you get specific feedback on playing mistakes. Also includes a digital metronome and recorder. * USB to MIDI Keyboard Interface: 1 MIDI in / 1 MIDI out * USB bus-powered - no external power necessary * Low Latency MIDI response * Easy to hook up and use * eMedia Starter Piano and Keyboard Lessons CD-ROM (in English, Spanish, French & German). System Requirements: Windows: Windows XP/Vista/7 32 MB of free RAM, 31 MB of free hard disk space, PC soundcard, CD-ROM Macintosh: Power PC (or faster), Intel OK Mac OS X 10.3 or later, 32 MB of free RAM, 31 MB of free hard disk space, CD-ROM.